Just in time for the highly anticipated title The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, this new GeForce Game Ready driver ensures you'll have the best possible gaming experience. With support for GeForce SLI technology and one-click game setting optimizations within GeForce Experience, you’ll have the best possible performance and image quality during gameplay.

Game Ready

Best gaming experience for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, including support for SLI Technology and GeForce Experience 1-click optimizations

Just in time for the highly anticipated title Grand Theft Auto V, this new GeForce Game Ready driver ensures you'll have the best possible gaming experience. With support for GeForce SLI technology and one-click game setting optimizations within GeForce Experience, you'll have the best possible performance and image quality during gameplay. In addition, this driver is aligned with today's launch of the world's fastest gaming GPU; the GeForce GTX Titan X.

Game Ready

Best gaming experience for Grand Theft Auto V, including support for SLI Technology and GeForce Experience 1-click optimizations

Just in time for the highly anticipated title Battlefield Hardline, this new GeForce Game Ready driver ensures you'll have the best possible gaming experience. With support for GeForce SLI technology and one-click game setting optimizations within GeForce Experience, you'll have the best possible performance and image quality during gameplay. In addition, this driver is aligned with today's launch of the world's fastest gaming GPU; the GeForce GTX Titan X.

Game Ready

Best gaming experience for Battlefield Hardline, including support for SLI Technology and GeForce Experience 1-click optimizations

New GeForce GPUs

Supports the new GeForce GTX Titan X; based upon the second-generation Maxwell architecture

Just in time for the highly anticipated title Evolve, this new GeForce Game Ready driver ensures you'll have the best possible gaming experience With support for GeForce SLI technology and one-click game setting optimizations within GeForce Experience, you'll have the best possible performance and image quality during gameplay. In addition, we are delivering performance improvements across GeForce GPUs that will immediately benefit a wide variety of titles at various resolutions.

Game Ready

Best gaming experience for Evolve, including support for SLI Technology and GeForce Experience 1-click optimizations

The new GeForce Game Ready driver, release 347.25 WHQL, is aligned with today’s launch of the new GeForce GTX 960. This new GPU brings the features, power, and efficiency of the second-generation Maxwell architecture to a more mainstream gaming audience. One of the most popular features of the Maxwell architecture is Multi-Frame Sampled Anti-Aliasing (MFAA) support. With this latest release, MFAA support is extended to nearly every DX10 and DX11 title. In addition, this Game Ready WHQL driver ensures you'll have the best possible gaming experience for the latest new blockbuster titles including Dying Light.

Game Ready

Best gaming experience for Dying Light

New GeForce GPU

Supports the new GeForce GTX 960 GPU, based upon the second-generation Maxwell architecture

Gaming Technology

Expanded Multi-Frame Sampled Anti-Aliasing (MFAA) support for DX10/DX11 games

The latest GeForce Game Ready driver, release 344.75 WHQL, provides support for Maxwell’s new Multi-Frame Sampled Anti-Aliasing (MFAA) mode. In addition, this Game Ready WHQL driver ensures you'll have the best possible gaming experience for Far Cry 4, Dragon Age: Inquisition, The Crew, and World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor

Game Ready

Best gaming experience for Far Cry 4, Dragon Age: Inquisition, The Crew, and World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor

The new GeForce Game Ready driver, release 344.65 Certified, includes improvements which allows GeForce owners to continue to have the ultimate gaming platform. In addition, this Game Ready WHQL driver ensures you'll have the best possible gaming experience for Assassin’s Creed: Unity

The new GeForce Game Ready driver, release 344.60 WHQL, includes improvements which allows GeForce owners to continue to have the ultimate gaming platform. In addition, this Game Ready WHQL driver ensures you'll have the best possible gaming experience for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

The new GeForce Game Ready driver, release 344.48 WHQL, allows GeForce owners to continue to have the ultimate gaming experience. This driver brings support for Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR) to Kepler and Fermi desktop GPUs. In a ddition, this Game Ready WHQL driver ensures you'll have the best possible gaming experience for the latest new blockbuster titles including Lords of the Fallen, Civilization: Beyond Earth, and Elite: Dangerous.

Game Ready

Best gaming experience for Lords of the Fallen, Civilization: Beyond Earth, and Elite: Dangerous.

Support for 3D Compatibility Mode has been added for the following games:

Dead Rising 3 – rated as Excellent

Strife – rated as Excellent

Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 344.48

The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved since version 340.52. This list is only a subset of the total number of changes made in this driver version. The NVIDIA bug number is provided for reference.

Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 8.1 Fixed Issues

Add SLI profile for Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition. [1563834]

GeForce GTX 980, Windows 8.1: Occasionally, the first line in a displayed frame mistakenly has content from a prior rendered frame. [1562282]

Need SLI profile for FIFA 15. [1559741]

344.11: Having G-SYNC enabled with Oculus Rift drivers installed causes applications to crash while launching and sometimes causes the system to reboot. [1556256]

344.11: Green screen when certain videos played back in Media Player Classic Home Cinema. [1556111]

Backport to r304_00 all missing changes to the FreeBSD installer. [1552004]

The new GeForce Game Ready driver, release 344.11 WHQL, allows GeForce owners to continue to have the ultimate gaming experience. This driver is aligned with today’s launch of the world’s most advanced GPUs—the GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970. With support for NVIDIA G-SYNC Surround displays, gaming has never been more realistic and immersive. In addition, this Game Ready WHQL driver ensures you'll have the best possible gaming experience for the latest new blockbuster titles including Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, The Evil Within, F1 2014, and Alien: Isolation.

Game Ready

Best gaming experience for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, The Evil Within, F1 2014, and Alien: Isolation

New GeForce GPUs

Supports the new GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 GPUs, based upon the second-generation Maxwell architecture

The new GeForce Game Ready driver, release 340.52 WHQL, allows GeForce owners to continue to have the ultimate gaming experience. With this release, GeForce gamers can take advantage of GameStream technology to stream their favorite PC games to the new SHIELD tablet or SHIELD portable. In addition, this Game Ready WHQL driver ensures you'll have the best possible gaming experience for Metro: Redux and Final Fantasy XIV (China).

Game Ready - This 337.88 Game Ready WHQL driver ensures you'll have the best possible gaming experience for Watch Dogs.

Performance – Introduces key DirectX optimizations which result in reduced game-loading times and significant performance increases across a wide variety of games compared with the previous 335.23 WHQL. Significant CPU overhead reductions in the driver result in performance gains that will often favor CPU-bottlenecked situations. Per usual, results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings.

Sample titles with performance gains of 10% or more since 335.23 WHQL*

Performance - Introduces key DirectX optimizations which result in reduced game-loading times and significant performance increases across a wide variety of games.Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here are some examples of measured gains versus the previous 335.23 WHQL driver:

GeForce GTX 700 Series (Single GPU):

Up to 64% in Total War: Rome II

Up to 25% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Up to 23% in Sleeping Dogs

Up to 21% in Star Swarm

Up to 15% in Batman: Arkham Origins

Up to 10% in Metro: Last Light

Up to 8% in Hitman Absolution

Up to 7% in Sniper Elite V2

Up to 6% in Tomb Raider

Up to 6% in F1 2013

GeForce GTX 700 Series (SLI):

Up to 71% in Total War: Rome II

Up to 53% in Sniper Elite V2

Up to 45% in Aliens vs. Predator

Up to 31% in Sleeping Dogs

Up to 20% in CoD: Black Ops 2

Up to 10% in Hitman Absolution

Up to 9% in F1 2013

Up to 7% in Far Cry 3

Up to 6% in Metro: Last Light

Up to 6% in Batman: Arkham Origins

SLI Technology

Total War: Rome II – added profile

War Thunder – added profile

Watch Dogs – updated profile

Diablo III – updated profile

Gaming Technology

Supports GeForce ShadowPlay technology

Supports GeForce ShadowPlay Twitch Streaming

SHIELD

Supports NVIDIA GameStream technology

3D Vision

Supports new “3D Compatibility Mode” for 3D Vision that enables us to improve the 3D experience for many key DirectX 10 and 11 games.

Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 19% for GeForce 400/500/600/700 series GPUs in several PC games vs. the previous WHQL-certified drivers (332.21). Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here are some examples of measured gains:

Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 50% for GeForce 400/500/600/700 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 327.23 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:

GeForce GTX 770/780/TITAN/780Ti:

Up to 50% in Metro: Last Light

Up to 26% in Crysis 3

Up to 18% in Battlefield 4

SLI Technology

Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag – updated profile

Path of Exile – added profile

Natural Selection – updated profile

3D Vision •Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag – "Good"

Gaming Technology •Enables GeForce ShadowPlay™ technology

Call of Duty: Ghosts – added TXAA support (disabled FXAA)

SHIELD •Enables NVIDIA GameStream™ technology

Additional Details

Installs new PhysX System Software 9.13.0725.

Installs HD Audio v1.3.26.4

GeForce Experience 1.7.1 (v9.3.21.0)

Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5.5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit

Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 19% for GeForce 400/500/600/700 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 327.23 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:

GeForce GTX 690/770/780/TITAN:

Up to 12% in Battlefield 4

Up to 19% in Sniper Elite V2

Up to 13% in Dirt: Showdown

Up to 9% in Metro: Last Light

Up to 9% in Sleeping Dogs

Up to 8% in Max Payne 3

Up to 6% in F1 2012

SLI Technology

Batman: Arkham Origins – updated profile

Battlefield 4 – updated profile

Shadow Warrior – added DX9 profile

War of the Vikings – added DX11 profile

Dragon Sword - updated DX9 profile

GRID 2 - updated DX11 profile

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - updated profile

3D Vision •Shadow Warrior – “Excellent”

Call of Duty: Ghosts – “Fair”

The Wolf Among Us – “Good”

Gaming Technology •Civilization 5 – added HBAO+

Additional Details

Installs new PhysX System Software 9.13.0725.

Installs HD Audio v1.3.26.4

Installs GeForce Experience v9.3.16.0

Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5.5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit

Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 13% for GeForce 400/500/600/700 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 327.23 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:

GeForce GTX 770/780/TITAN:

Up to 11% in Dirt: Showdown

Up to 9% in Metro: Last Light

Up to 8% in Sleeping Dogs

Up to 13% in Sniper Elite V2

SLI Technology

Batman: Arkham Origins – updated profile

Battlefield 4 – updated profile

Shadow Warrior – added DX9 profile

War of the Vikings – added DX11 profile

Dragon Sword - updated DX9 profile

GRID 2 - updated DX11 profile

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - updated profile

Gaming Technology

Civilization 5 – added HBAO+;

SHIELD

Enables GeForce to SHIELD streaming (Beta). Learn more here.

4K Displays

Adds support for 4K Surround

Additional Details

Installs new PhysX System Software 9.13.0725.

Installs HD Audio v1.3.26.4

Installs GeForce Experience v8.3.23.1

Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5.5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit

This Game Ready WHQL driver ensures you’ll have the best possible gaming experience and is also a recommended driver update for the Windows 8.1 Preview. GeForce R326 drivers also provide performance increases for a variety of different games.

New in GeForce R326 Drivers

Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 19% for GeForce 400/500/600/700 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 320.49 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:

GeForce GTX 770:

Up to 15% in Dirt: Showdown

Up to 6% in Tomb Raider

GeForce GTX 770 SLI:

Up to 19% in Dirt: Showdown

Up to 11% in F1 2012

SLI Technology

Added SLI profile for Spinter Cell: Blacklist

Added SLI profile for Batman: Arkham Origins

Additional Details

Installs new PhysX System Software 9.13.0725.

Installs HD Audio v1.3.26.4

Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5.5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit

Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 19% for GeForce 400/500/600/700 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 320.49 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:

Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 19% for GeForce 400/500/600/700 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 320.49 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:

GeForce GTX 770:

Up to 15% in Dirt: Showdown

Up to 6% in Tomb Raider

GeForce GTX 770 SLI:

Up to 19% in Dirt: Showdown

Up to 11% in F1 2012

SLI Technology

Added SLI profile for Spinter Cell: Blacklist

Added SLI profile for Batman: Arkham Origins

Additional Details

Installs PhysX System Software 9.13.0604.

Installs HD Audio v1.3.26.4

Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5.5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit

GeForce 320.49 drivers includes several fixes for issues reported with 320.18 drivers. Refer to the release notes for a full list of fixed issues.

New in GeForce R320 Drivers

Performance Boost Increases performance by up to 20% for GeForce 400/500/600 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 314.22 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:

Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 20% for GeForce 400/500/600 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 314.22 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:

GeForce GTX 660: Up to 20% in Dirt: Showdown

Up to 18% in Tomb Raider

Up to 10% in Metro: Last Light

Up to 8% in StarCraft II

Up to 6% in Sniper Elite V2

Up to 6% in Metro 2033

Up to 6% in Far Cry 3

Up to 6% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Up to 5% in F1 2012

GeForce GTX 660 SLI: Up to 17% in Dirt: Showdown

Up to 18% in Tomb Raider

Up to 9% in Metro: Last Light

Up to 9% in Assassin’s Creed III

Up to 7% in StarCraft II

Up to 6% in Far Cry 3

Up to 6% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Up to 6% in Battlefield 3

Up to 5% in BioShock: Infinite

Up to 5% in F1 2012

SLI Technology

Added SLI profile for Alien Fear

Added SLI profile for Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

Added SLI profile for Dead Island: Riptide

Added SLI profile for Dragon Sword

Added SLI profile for Neverwinter

Added SLI profile for Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

Added SLI profile for GRID 2

Added SLI profile for Human Head 2

Added SLI profile for Remember Me

Added SLI profile for The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct

Updated SLI profile for Natural Selection 2

Updated SLI profile for Resident Evil 6

Updated SLI profile for Trackmania 2: Canyon

Additional Details

Installs PhysX System Software 9.12.1031.

Installs HD Audio v1.3.24.2

Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5.5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit

Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 20% for GeForce 400/500/600 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 314.22 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:

GeForce GTX 660: ?Up to 20% in Dirt: Showdown

Up to 18% in Tomb Raider

Up to 10% in Metro: Last Light

Up to 8% in StarCraft II

Up to 6% in Sniper Elite V2

Up to 6% in Metro 2033

Up to 6% in Far Cry 3

Up to 6% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Up to 5% in F1 2012

GeForce GTX 660 SLI: ?Up to 17% in Dirt: Showdown

?Up to 9% in Metro: Last Light

?Up to 18% in Tomb Raider

Up to 9% in Assassin’s Creed III

Up to 7% in StarCraft II

Up to 6% in Far Cry 3

Up to 6% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Up to 6% in Battlefield 3

Up to 5% in BioShock: Infinite

Up to 5% in F1 2012

SLI Technology

Added SLI profile for Alien Fear

Added SLI profile for Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

Added SLI profile for Dead Island: Riptide

Added SLI profile for Dragon Sword

Added SLI profile for Neverwinter

Added SLI profile for Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

Added SLI profile for GRID 2

Added SLI profile for Human Head 2

Added SLI profile for Remember Me

Added SLI profile for The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct

Updated SLI profile for Natural Selection 2

Updated SLI profile for Resident Evil 6

Updated SLI profile for Trackmania 2: Canyon

Additional Details

Installs PhysX System Software 9.12.1031.

Installs HD Audio v1.3.24.2

Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5.5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit

Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 20% for GeForce 400/500/600 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 314.22 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured ga

Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 314.07 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here are a few examples:

Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 23% for GeForce 400/500/600 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 314.07 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured ga

?Legacy Support Notification: GeForce 6-series and GeForce 7-series GPUs will be moved to legacy support after GeForce R304 drivers. GeForce R310 drivers (the next major family of drivers) will not support these products.

Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 301.42 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 680:Up to 18% in Batman: Arkham City

Up to 15% in Dragon Age II

Up to 10% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

Up to 60% in Total War: Shogun 2 (fixes performance issue with latest game patch)

GeForce GTX 560:Up to 14% in Batman: Arkham City

Up to 5% in Battlefield 3 with SLI

Up to 4% in Dragon Age II

Up to 8% in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings with SLI

Up to 7% in Lost Planet 2

NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:

Alan Wake's American Nightmare – added

Borderlands 2 – added

Darksiders 2 – added

End of Nations - added

?F1 2011 – updated

F1 2012 – added

Final Fantasy XIV – updated

Nexuiz - added

Orcs Must Die! 2 – added

PlanetSide 2 - updated

Saints Row: The Third – updated

?Shogun 2: Total War – updated

Sleeping Dogs – added

Spec Ops: The Line - added

The Secret World - updated

Torchlight II - added

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier - added

Tornado Force - added

Tribes: Ascend – updated

Other Profile Updates

Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Diablo III

Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for L.A. Noire

Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Rayman Origins

Disabled FXAA for several Windows programs like Media Player and Movie Maker.

NVIDIA CUDA

Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5 Preview or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit

Legacy Support Notification: GeForce 6-series and GeForce 7-series GPUs will be moved to legacy support after GeForce R304 drivers. GeForce R310 drivers (the next major family of drivers) will not support these products.

Adds support for NVIDIA TXAA

NVIDIA TXAA is new film-style anti-aliasing technique designed specifically to reduce temporal aliasing (crawling and flickering in motion) through a combination of hardware AA, custom CG film style AA resolve, and a temporal filter.

The Secret World is the first game to support TXAA. Read about it on GeForce.com.

TXAA is supported on GeForce GTX 600-series Kepler-based GPUs.

Learn more about TXAA on GeForce.com.

Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 301.42 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 680: Up to 18% in Batman: Arkham City

Up to 15% in Dragon Age II

Up to 10% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

Up to 60% in Total War: Shogun 2 (fixes performance issue with latest game patch)

GeForce GTX 560: Up to 14% in Batman: Arkham City

Up to 5% in Battlefield 3 with SLI

Up to 4% in Dragon Age II

Up to 8% in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings with SLI

Up to 7% in Lost Planet 2

NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:

Alan Wake's American Nightmare – added

Borderlands 2 – added

Darksiders 2 – added

End of Nations - added

F1 2011 – updated

F1 2012 – added

Final Fantasy XIV – updated

Nexuiz - added

Orcs Must Die! 2 – added

PlanetSide 2 - updated

Saints Row: The Third – updated

Shogun 2: Total War – updated

Sleeping Dogs – added

Spec Ops: The Line - added

The Secret World - updated

Torchlight II - added

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier - added

Tornado Force - added

Tribes: Ascend – updated

NVIDIA 3D Vision – Adds or updates the following 3D Vision profiles:

Alan Wake's American Nightmare – rated Not Recommended

A New Dawn – rated Fair

All Zombies Must Die! Scorepocalypse – rated Good

ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead – rated Fair

Bang Bang Racing – rated Excellent

Borderlands 2 – updated profile with new convergence settings

Brave – rated 3D Vision Ready

Devil May Cry 4- rated Fair

Depth Hunter – updated rating to 3D Vision Ready

Dishonored – rated Good

End of Nations – rated Good

London 2012 The Official Video Game – rated Fair

Mad Doc Jr.'s Doom Rails – rated Excellent

Mass Effect 3 – updated in-game compatibility message and profile to be more compatible with community 3D mods

NVIDIA TXAA is new film-style anti-aliasing technique designed specifically to reduce temporal aliasing (crawling and flickering in motion) through a combination of hardware AA, custom CG film style AA resolve, and a temporal filter.

The Secret World is the first game to support TXAA (support will be enabled in an upcoming patch)..

Performance Boost ? Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 296.10WHQL-certifieddrivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 570/580:

Up to 23% in Just Cause 2 with SLI

Up to 21% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Up to 17% in StarCraft II with SLI

Up to 14% in Far Cry 2 with SLI

Up to 9% in Bulletstorm

Up to 7% in Civilization V

Up to 6% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution with SLI

Up to 6% in Dragon Age 2 with SLI

Up to 5% in Metro 2033 with SLI

Up to 5% in Total War: Shogun 2

GeForce GTX 560/560 Ti:

Up to 20% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Up to 15% in Just Cause 2 with SLI

Up to 13% in Far Cry 2 with SLI

Up to 12% in Bulletstorm

Up to 11% in Civilization V

Up to 10% in StarCraft II with SLI

Up to 9% in Batman: Arkham City

Up to 4% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution with SLI

Up to 4% in Dragon Age 2 with SLI

Up to 4% in Metro 2033 with SLI

Up to 4% in Total War: Shogun 2

NVIDIA FXAA Technology ? shader-based anti-aliasing technology available from the NVIDIA Control Panel that enables ultra-fast anti-aliasing in hundreds of PC games. FXAA delivers similar quality to 4x multi-sample antialiasing (MSAA) but is up to 60% faster, enabling substantially higher performance in games. FXAA is supported on all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs. Note: This feature is disabled for games that already have built-in support for FXAA. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.

NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync ? dynamically enables vertical sync based on your current frame rates for the smoothest gaming experience. Adaptive VSync is supported on all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.

Add in a fourth accessory display with GeForce GTX 600-series to get access to your email, web, or other applications while you game.

Maximize an application to a single physical display when in Surround mode (enabled by default).

Confine the Windows Taskbar to the center display (enabled by default).

Enablebezel peeking? a feature which enables users to temporarily peek behind the monitor bezels using a hotkey (Ctrl + Alt + B). This feature is designed to be used in conjunction with bezel corrected resolutions.

Add or remove resolutions from the list of Surround resolutions (only those selected will be available to applications).

Full center display acceleration for single wide display modes (center display must be connected to the master GPU).

New GPU Support ? Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 680, the fastest, most efficient GPU ever built. Explore GeForce GTX 680 and its new SMX architecture on GeForce.com.

Performance Boost ? Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 296.10 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 570/580:

Up to 23% in Just Cause 2 with SLI

Up to 21% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Up to 17% in StarCraft II with SLI

Up to 14% in Far Cry 2 with SLI

Up to 9% in Bulletstorm

Up to 7% in Civilization V

Up to 6% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution with SLI

Up to 6% in Dragon Age 2 with SLI

Up to 5% in Metro 2033 with SLI

Up to 5% in Total War: Shogun 2

GeForce GTX 560/560 Ti:

Up to 20% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Up to 15% in Just Cause 2 with SLI

Up to 13% in Far Cry 2 with SLI

Up to 12% in Bulletstorm

Up to 11% in Civilization V

Up to 10% in StarCraft II with SLI

Up to 9% in Batman: Arkham City

Up to 4% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution with SLI

Up to 4% in Dragon Age 2 with SLI

Up to 4% in Metro 2033 with SLI

Up to 4% in Total War: Shogun 2

NVIDIA FXAA Technology ? shader-based anti-aliasing technology available from the NVIDIA Control Panel that enables ultra-fast anti-aliasing in hundreds of PC games. FXAA delivers similar quality to 4x multi-sample antialiasing (MSAA) but is up to 60% faster, enabling substantially higher performance in games. FXAA is supported on all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs. Note: This feature is disabled for games that already have built-in support for FXAA. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.

NVIDIA GPU Boost Technology ? dynamically maximizes clock speeds based on workload of the game to push performance to new levels and bring out the best in every game. Learn more on GeForce.com.

NVIDIA FXAA Technology ? shader-based anti-aliasing technology available from the NVIDIA Control Panel that enables ultra-fast anti-aliasing in hundreds of PC games. FXAA delivers similar quality to 4x multi-sample antialiasing (MSAA) but is up to 60% faster, enabling substantially higher performance in games. Note: This feature is disabled for games already have built-in support for FXAA. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.

NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround Technology ? with a single GeForce GTX 680 you can expand your PC games across three displays in full stereoscopic 3D for the ultimate ?inside the game? experience. NVIDIA Surround also supports triple screen gaming with non-3D Vision monitors. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.

New Surround features:

Add in a fourth accessory display to get access to your email, web, or other applications while you game.

Maximize an application to a single physical display when in Surround mode (enabled by default).

Confine the Windows Taskbar to the center display (enabled by default).

Enable bezel peeking ? a feature which enables users to temporarily ?peak? behind the monitor bezels using a hotkey (Ctrl + Alt + B). This feature is designed to be used in conjunction with bezel corrected resolutions.

Enables users to add or remove resolutions from the list of Surround resolutions (only those selected will be available to applications).

Enables full center display acceleration for single wide display modes (center display must be connected to the master GPU).

NVIDIA NVENC Support ? adds support for the new hardware-based H.264 video encoder in GeForce GTX 680, providing up to 4x faster encoding performance while consuming less power.

Improved compatibility and performance for Battlefield 3: Check here to see if your PC is ready for Battlefield 3.

Improved compatibility and performance for RAGE.

Fixes reports of occasional driver timeouts while browsing the web.

New in R285 Drivers

Performance

Increases performance for GeForce 400 and 500-series GPUs in several PC games vs. v280.26 WHQL drivers. The following are some examples of improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

Increases performance for GeForce 400 and 500-series GPUs in several PC games vs. v280.26 WHQL drivers. The following are some examples of improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

With Release 280 drivers, the 3D Vision Controller driver is now included with all GPU driver installations. Users are no longer required to install a separate 3D Vision Controller driver or CD driver. This driver includes the 280.19 3D Vision Controller

Adds support for viewing 3DVisionLive.com and YouTube 3D with NVIDIA SLI PCs. Please view this knowledgebase article for more information on 3D Vision Window Mode

Adds support for Window mode for 3D Vision Video Player. This requires v1.7.2 or higher of the player

Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. v266.58 WHQL drivers. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 580:

Up to 516% in Dragon Age 2 (SLI 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on)

This is a new feature in Release 270 and later drivers. NVIDIA Update keeps your PC up-to-date with the latest NVIDIA drivers by notifying you when a new driver is available and directing you to the driver on www.nvidia.com. When you install a Release 270 or later GeForce driver from www.nvidia.com, you will be presented with the option to install NVIDIA Update. Click here to learn more about NVIDIA Update.

CUDA

Adds support for applications using CUDA 4.0 features such as Unified Virtual Addressing (UVA) and GPUDirect™ v2.0.

Supports the new version of MotionDSP's video enhancement software, vReveal, which adds support for HD output. NVIDIA customers can download a free version of vReveal that supports up to SD output here.

Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

Supports OpenGL 3.3 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

Supports OpenGL 4.1 on GeForce 400 series and later GPUs.

Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.

Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. v266.58 WHQL drivers. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 580:

Up to 516% in Dragon Age 2 (SLI 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on)

This is a new feature in Release 270 and later drivers. NVIDIA Update keeps your PC up-to-date with the latest NVIDIA drivers by notifying you when a new driver is available and directing you to the driver on www.nvidia.com. When you install a Release 270 or later GeForce driver from www.nvidia.com, you will be presented with the option to install NVIDIA Update. Click here to learn more about NVIDIA Update.

CUDA

Adds support for applications using CUDA 4.0 features such as Unified Virtual Addressing (UVA) and GPUDirect™ v2.0.

Supports the new version of MotionDSP's video enhancement software, vReveal, which adds support for HD output. NVIDIA customers can download a free version of vReveal that supports up to SD output here.

Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

Supports OpenGL 3.3 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

Supports OpenGL 4.1 on GeForce 400 series and later GPUs.

Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.

Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. the latest Release 260 drivers. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 580:

Up to 7% in Battlefield Bad Company 2 (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)

Up to 12% in Battleforge (SLI 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF Very High)

Up to 11% in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (SLI 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)

Up to 7% in Dirt 2 (SLI 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)

Up to 7% in Far Cry 2 (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)

Up to 5% in Just Cause 2 (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF Dark Tower)

Up to 5% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (SLI – 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)

Up to 9% in Stone Giant (SLI 1920x1200, DOF on)

Up to 8% in Unigine Heaven v2.1 (SLI 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)

Improves performance in Final Fantasy XI on GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs.

Visual Quality

Adds ambient occlusion support for one of the most popular games of the year: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. Ambient occlusion improves the quality of lighting, shadows, and depth perception in many parts of the game. Learn more on GeForce.com.

NVIDIA 3D Vision

With Release 260 and 265 drivers, the installation process for 3D Vision has changed. Please view this knowledgebase article for more information on the changes.

Supports the new version of MotionDSP's video enhancement software, vReveal, which adds support for HD output. NVIDIA customers can download a free version of vReveal that supports up to SD output here.

Supports DirectCompute with Windows 7 and GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

Supports the new version of MotionDSP's video enhancement software, vReveal, which adds support for HD output. NVIDIA customers can download a free version of vReveal that supports up to SD output here.

Supports DirectCompute with Windows 7 and GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

Increases performance for GeForce GTX 400 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. v258.96 WHQL drivers. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

Up to 10% in StarCraft II (2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF Ultra)

Up to 14% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)

Up to 16% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (SLI – 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF)

Supports the new version of MotionDSP's video enhancement software, vReveal, which adds support for HD output. NVIDIA customers can download a free version of vReveal that supports up to SD output here.

Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

Supports OpenGL 3.3 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.

Supports the new version of MotionDSP's video enhancement software, vReveal, which adds support for HD output. NVIDIA customers can download a free version of vReveal that supports up to SD output here.

Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

Supports OpenGL 3.3 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology * on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.